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- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2285
- Views: 84913
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
How about Luis? Starting backcourt of Bassy, Lawrence, and House. Plus add Cam. or...does Cam transfer? Maybe he understands that he will be the future; Luis, House, and Bassy all in their final season, plus Lawrence will be a junior. I think, for playuhz these days, "maybe I'll be the guy her...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2285
- Views: 84913
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2285
- Views: 84913
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Someone check on Blue Man, his blood pressure is definitely rising This is spectacular.....spec- freeking - tacular. I want to hear the Bassy hating NIL pimps in full throat, please...trying to convince US to donate so they can afford to waste money on players that THEY have already thoroughly t-ra...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
- Replies: 220
- Views: 5440
Re: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
Rhode to mediocrity? Like landing a guy who started on a big ten team that went to the NCAA tournament? Show me 3 or 4 more guys like him or better. Otherwise, we're no better than we were last year. If we can land 3-4 more players that can have as much potential impact as Lawrence than great, but ...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1395
- Views: 62323
Re: Understanding the NIL
Overly simplistic stupid, unrealistic, will neva happen etc. solutions. 1) keep the ncaa out of it. 2). Conferences set salary caps on basketball teams, both for men’s and women’s. These would be within reach of all conference teams. Scaled up to the major conferences, scaled lower for other confer...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1395
- Views: 62323
Re: Understanding the NIL
and this is why ECR will never ever ever donate any money for this BS Smart Smart Smart paying a salary for a college player who can then walk after using your money Nah… good luck w that HARD PASS everyone else tho can donate and subscribe as much as you want - heck, double it please Thank you for...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: Recruitment Corner
- Topic: '24 VA PG Ben Hammond (URI LOI ---> ??? )
- Replies: 496
- Views: 64436
Re: '24 VA PG Ben Hammond (URI LOI ---> ??? )
Just so ironic to me Hammond decommitted (supposedly) because Kenny left, and now he’ll go to to a school where Kenny isn’t coaching at either lol I think Lawrence is the reason he left If Lawrence is more of a 2 than a 1, why would that make Ben leave? He knew the team was in desperate need of a p...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: Recruitment Corner
- Topic: '24 VA PG Ben Hammond (URI LOI ---> ??? )
- Replies: 496
- Views: 64436
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
- Replies: 220
- Views: 5440
Re: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
RIFan, over the years, I have often wondered why the university can’t build more pride. I always thought that native Rhode Islanders tended to be negative toward the state and that that attitude spilled over to the University by extension. However, I am sure it is a combination of many things. I've...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
- Replies: 220
- Views: 5440
Re: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
Exactly how many big donors do you think there are for URI? Look at our endowment for example. We are not in the top 150 for endowment size. We don't even make the top 50 for public universities for endowment size. Where do you all expect these big donors to come from? Sometimes the expectations of...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
- Replies: 220
- Views: 5440
Re: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
Article https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/39974973/fedex-pledges-25m-5-years-nil-program-memphis We would need 10’s of thousands of $10/mo pledges to keep up. Why bother Because the $10/mo pledges tell the big fish that there's an investment from a larger fanbase, which motivates them ...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2285
- Views: 84913
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Bottom line is that y’all need to donate more - if you don’t you aren’t a real fan … so pony up for bassy or any other castoffs … skip that daily cup of coffee and instead donate to players - but don’t ask for a cut of the gate … after all you aren’t the owners of the stock you are purchasing - you...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
- Replies: 1400
- Views: 75932
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2285
- Views: 84913
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2285
- Views: 84913
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2285
- Views: 84913
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
If Bassy is indeed visiting then imo he commits. We could do worse. What this indicates to me is actually a positive. Based on the players who have stayed and those who have left, we could have a squad who gives consistent effort, even though the talent level might still not be good enough to conte...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1395
- Views: 62323
Re: Understanding the NIL
Interesting points above Re: Olympic Sports. Should be an interesting off and on discussion in the coming months/yrs. I have never given this angle of the topic much thought although, I do enjoy watching the Olympics when they come around, and sometimes, college Olympic sports. Someone needs to tra...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Where Are They Now? Former Player Results and News
- Replies: 4110
- Views: 458977
Re: Where Are They Now? Former Player Results and News
https://x.com/adamzagoria/status/1778927778861043771?s=46&t=X3tFdRrojFvLeOstPVmZqw Him coming back here, and getting paid...would be epic. I think him scoring 19.6 ppg and only getting serious consideration at Fordham should explain everything. Totally agree, it would just be fun to hear the di...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
- Replies: 220
- Views: 5440
Re: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
Here is my two cents. Worst I have ever felt about Rhody hoops. I dont like the state of College Bbal or most other College TV Sports. But good or bad in order to have a chance at winning games we need to support NIL. I am signed up for a yearly subscription. I aslo believe that Archie is a great c...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
- Replies: 1400
- Views: 75932
Re: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
Phil Martelli ?
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1395
- Views: 62323
Re: Understanding the NIL
Interesting points above Re: Olympic Sports. Should be an interesting off and on discussion in the coming months/yrs. I have never given this angle of the topic much thought although, I do enjoy watching the Olympics when they come around, and sometimes, college Olympic sports. Someone needs to tra...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
- Replies: 220
- Views: 5440
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
- Replies: 1400
- Views: 75932
Re: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
Was told today that Archie is going in a 'different direction ' than Kenny. No more details offered. Interesting intel, Iggy. Thanks for posting it. Much appreciated. I can only spec/guess what it means: Archie not filling the job with another recruiter; Archie looking for someone with connections ...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: A10 Outlook for 2024-25
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2244
Re: A10 Outlook for 2024-25
Yep, all about the $. Not a good 2 days for VCU losing 2 probable starters to the portal. They would have been favorites to win the A10. Some of these transfers just don't make much sense. This is 1 of them. Follows his coach across the country. Has an alpha role on a team that fills their gym ever...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
- Replies: 220
- Views: 5440
Re: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
So it seems fan funded NIL is already a thing of the past. Absolutely no way we can generate enough ground roots NIL money to now not only compete against another schools fan funded collective, now we have to compete with the universities too! Now personally I think the universities and the NCAA sh...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: All Pro Sports
- Topic: Red Sox and other Major League Baseball
- Replies: 1780
- Views: 166550
Re: Red Sox and other Major League Baseball
While Hamilton might not be the best hitter in the world, he's not the best fielder either
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
- Replies: 220
- Views: 5440
Re: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
How clueless do you have to be to look at this whole situation and come away thinking the players are the ones who are greedy. There is some crazy thought among people on this board and writ large that the scholarship should be enough. Student-athletes at the D1 level are working two jobs. One as a...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2285
- Views: 84913
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
A valid strategy. A pragmatic one and unfortunate, imho, because a consequence is prep recruits will miss out on opportunities to play at many good programs thus, having their options limited. That said, I am in favor of what is best for Rhody basketball getting back to relevancy and the NCAAT. Com...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
- Replies: 1400
- Views: 75932
Re: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
I'm more excited about Lawrence than any player since _______
- 1 week ago
- Forum: All Pro Sports
- Topic: Pawsox Sold, Moving to Worcester
- Replies: 647
- Views: 81316
Pawsox Sold, Moving to Worcester
Larry was open to having the team located wherever he could get the most money. He is no way was really intent on keeping the team in RI. In my view, he is as much a villain in this as was Nicholas Mattiello. Both were only concerned with their own self interests. to revise the title....not a good ...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2285
- Views: 84913
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
This might be true in the case of Hammond, but Lawrence was a backup guard for Nebraska that average over 6ppg. He looks like he will be a solid player and good teammate, but no difference maker playing with guys like House and Luis who aren’t exactly world beaters in my opinion. People love our gu...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: Recruitment Corner
- Topic: '24 VA PG Ben Hammond (URI LOI ---> ??? )
- Replies: 496
- Views: 64436
Re: '24 VA PG Ben Hammond (URI LOI ---> ??? )
78 and ECR, I share your extreme frustration but, don’t let the fickle decision making of a teenager dictate your fandom in the program and sport. Hang in there. It was fun following the recruiting process and watching players develop over 4 years. The news system is slow motion train wreck of disa...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: Recruitment Corner
- Topic: '24 SF Tyonne Farrell (URI signed LOI)
- Replies: 113
- Views: 31862
Re: '24 SF Tyonne Farrell (URI signed LOI)
It's A-murri-ca, baby! Everyone is a "bid ness"Rhodymob05 wrote: ↑1 week ago Blows my mind that a recruit can verbally commit, sign a letter of intent, and 10 months later, just bail. lol, zero accountability or penalty.
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2285
- Views: 84913
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
https://x.com/247hshoops/status/1780401360338354490?s=46&t=RiOaTCLvtjhXX7DAYI1lEg Reason 4849488327 I’ll never get excited for recruits this day and age. Agree. And I have to ask, why does this situation, which will happen again and again ad nauseum with zero oversite as of now, make you feel l...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2285
- Views: 84913
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Looks like Archie saw this coming with the Recruitment of Lawrence. I didn't really understand (still don't) the excitement over an undersized freshman point guard to come in and play a key role. He may turn into a star someday, but chances are slim to none it's happening as a freshman. It's mostly...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2285
- Views: 84913
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Nah man that is ridiculous to say. And I’m the one who said losing KJ would be the greatest loss in program history aside from Hurley, so that’s saying something. This kid Hammond was the leading pg, essentially the captain of the #2 program in all of US high school basketball. He plays a different...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
- Replies: 1400
- Views: 75932
Re: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
BB78, I only knew him by his stage name :lol: ( JD, you were not, I don't believe, going to get "experience playing in relevant games for a power conference team that was relevant last season and for a good coach" level play from Hammond in 24-25, you just weren't...and you can't have both...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2285
- Views: 84913
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Looks like Archie saw this coming with the Recruitment of Lawrence. I didn't really understand (still don't) the excitement over an undersized freshman point guard to come in and play a key role. He may turn into a star someday, but chances are slim to none it's happening as a freshman. It's mostly...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: Recruitment Corner
- Topic: '24 SF Tyonne Farrell (URI signed LOI)
- Replies: 113
- Views: 31862
Re: '24 SF Tyonne Farrell (URI signed LOI)
A true FR who will need a lot of time to develop is likely the least attractive recruit there is in this environment. I just assume he will look elsewhere but I believe we were his best offer. then he's probably not going to leave...yay, I guess. Would prefer that they focus on players that can mak...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
- Replies: 1400
- Views: 75932
Re: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
If so....how do you think he'll be received at the Ry? The diehards will boo and the casuals won't know Ben Hammond from Gregory Hammond. Or Jeffrey Hammond. (Have to be a Jethro Tull fan to know who he is.) ha! not just Jeffrey Hammond, Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond ;) And, yes, I would rather see him p...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: Recruitment Corner
- Topic: '24 VA PG Ben Hammond (URI LOI ---> ??? )
- Replies: 496
- Views: 64436
Re: '24 VA PG Ben Hammond (URI LOI ---> ??? )
He was top 50ish coming out of high school. I don't think we even attempt to recruit that high anymore. Lucky if we see a top 150. How often were we pulling in top 50ish players before the rule changes anyway? Once or twice every 20 years or so? It's not like we were regularly racking up top 50 or ...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
- Replies: 1400
- Views: 75932
Re: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
Really? Because of a kid who never enrolled, took a class, put on uniform, etc. at URI? Get over it. I think it's BS if another team takes our asst and one of his recruits with him. No I will not get over it. I highly doubt Hammond is going with him. Mack was who Gtown was after; I still think ther...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2285
- Views: 84913
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
- Replies: 220
- Views: 5440
Re: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
If this really is about name, image and likeness, why don't the players get the TV money? After all, it's their names, images and likenesses we see on the TV screen. somehow NCAA has avoided paying players and left it up to the fans have to admit.. its a genius move... https://www.youtube.com/watch...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
- Replies: 220
- Views: 5440
Re: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
If this really is about name, image and likeness, why don't the players get the TV money? After all, it's their names, images and likenesses we see on the TV screen. I do believe this has been mentioned multy times. All responses are pretty much the same, "yeah, sucks, that just the way it is,...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
- Replies: 1400
- Views: 75932
Re: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
https://twitter.com/rhodyvault/status/1780402712288583775?s=42 Idk, I think a decommit from a 4 star freshman would say otherwise. You were going to have Hammond or Lawrence, not both. For one year...who do you take? Hammond in a second. He would have been the future if they could have kept him som...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
- Replies: 1400
- Views: 75932
Re: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
Why does it feel like the wheels are falling off of this program? https://x.com/rhodyrumble/status/1528030209571794951?s=46 Idk the B1G transfer seems to think that’s not the case. https://twitter.com/rhodyvault/status/1780402712288583775?s=42 Idk, I think a decommit from a 4 star freshman would sa...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Rhody MBB Scholarship Tracker
- Replies: 725
- Views: 62645
Re: Rhody MBB Scholarship Tracker
I just don't think you get a pass when you have unlimited money to go and buy a team. If I'm a Gtown fan I think the most "tempered" of expectations when stealing a coach from within your own conference and then making him the highest paid in your conference, plus having the most NIL in y...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2285
- Views: 84913
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Y'think he contributes to the NIL that he took his handle from?
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
- Replies: 220
- Views: 5440
Re: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
Yes - you nailed it I have been posting since the projo days and the gig is finally up - I’m a fraud Pls - the only fraud here are the “commitments” Correct. Everyone that won't donate is a fraud. That's the litmus test. :lol: And here is another one who spends an insufferable amount of time compla...